and became fixed on the confederate forces.

Al-Kalbī said: “Their eyes turned away from everything but the sight of them.” Al-Farrāʾ said: “They turned away from everything and looked only at their enemy, staring at him in bewilderment.”

I say: When the heart is filled with terror, this distracts it from noticing anything other than what it fears. The gaze therefore turns away from other things, even when they are directly before it.